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Nick Rose says: ‘It’s a continuing effort, taking incremental steps in reducing carbon, making investments, looking at the next energy source and at fuel sourcing’


‘Cruise sector can meet net zero target by 2050’


Royal Caribbean’s Nick Rose outlines challenges facing industry. Ian Taylor reports He argued: “Flexibility is


Cruise lines face an enormous challenge to decarbonise, but Royal Caribbean Group’s Nick Rose insists the sector can reach ‘net zero’ by 2050. Rose, vice-president and head of


environmental, social and governance (ESG), told Travel Weekly: “We have a focus on energy efficiency that helped us reduce our carbon emissions by 35% since 2015.” The next target is a double-digit reduction from the 2019 level by 2025. He said: “It’s a continuing effort,


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taking incremental steps in reducing carbon, making investments, looking at the next energy source and at fuel sourcing. [But] we don’t want to get too far out in front to where we’re placing a bet [on a technology]. “Our plan for the immediate


future is fuel flexibility. We have new liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships being delivered. We announced the fifth [Celebrity] Edge-class vessel will be tri-fuel capable. And we’re looking at different fuels for the existing fleet in trials of biofuels.”


important because the sheer amount of fuel required to sustain shipping is not going to be there whatever the fuel – LNG, biofuel or methanol.” The group has some of the most


up-to-date ships in its fleet and more on order. However, it still operates ships built in the 1990s. Rose explained: “When a ship is 30 years old, it doesn’t fit what we’re


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